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The release of the specialized distribution Tails 4.20 (The Amnesic Incognito Live System), based on the Debian package base and aimed at providing anonymous internet access, has been published. Anonymous access in Tails is ensured by the Tor network. All connections except for traffic through the Tor network are blocked by the packet filter by default. User data is stored during sessions using […]
Episode 134 of the podcast SDCast (mp3, 91 MB, ogg, 67 MB) features an interview with Andrey Lukoshko, the architect of AlmaLinux, and Evgeny Zamriy, head of the release engineering department at CloudLinux. The episode discusses the emergence of the fork, its structure, compilation, and future development plans. Source: opennet.ru
The release of the web browser Firefox 90 has taken place. Additionally, an update for the long-term support branch 78.12.0 has been created. The Firefox 91 branch will soon enter beta testing, with its release scheduled for August 10. Key innovations include: additional settings for the 'HTTPS Only' mode in the 'Privacy and Security' settings section, which automatically enforces encryption for all unencrypted requests when enabled […]
The release of the EuroLinux 8.3 distribution has occurred, prepared by rebuilding the source code of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.3 packages and fully binary-compatible with it. Installation images of sizes 9 GB (appstream) and 1.3 GB are prepared for download. The distribution may also be used to replace the CentOS 8 branch, which will be discontinued at the end of the year. The new release […]
Microsoft has released the CBL-Mariner 1.0 (Common Base Linux Mariner) distribution, marked as the first stable release of the project. The CBL-Mariner distribution is developed as a universal base platform for Linux environments used in cloud infrastructure, edge systems, and various Microsoft services. The project aims to unify the Linux solutions used at Microsoft and simplify the maintenance of Linux systems for different purposes.
The Libre-SOC project, developing an open chip with a hybrid architecture implementation similar to the CDC 6600, where CPU, VPU, and GPU instructions are not separated and are proposed in a single ISA to reduce the size and complexity of the chip, has reached the stage of transferring the first test sample into production. Initially, the project was developed under the name Libre RISC-V but was renamed to Libre-SOC after the decision.
After two months of work, a new release of the decentralized social network building platform Hubzilla 6.0 has been launched. The project provides a communication server that integrates with web publishing systems, equipped with a transparent identification system and access management tools in decentralized Fediverse networks. The project's code is written in PHP and JavaScript and is distributed under the MIT license, supporting MySQL database management systems as a data store and […]
Firefox developers have announced an expansion of the use of DNS over HTTPS (DoH), which will be enabled by default for users in Canada (previously DoH was only applied by default for the US). The rollout of DoH for Canadian users will be implemented in several phases: on July 20, DoH will be activated for 1% of users in Canada, and if no […]
The release of EasyNAS 1.0 has been announced, designed for deploying Network-Attached Storage (NAS) in small businesses and home networks. The project has been in development since 2013, built on an openSUSE package base, and uses the Btrfs file system, allowing for storage size expansion without downtime and creating snapshots. The size of the bootable ISO image (x86_64) is 380MB. Release 1.0 is notable for its transition […]
The release of the Snoop 1.3 project has been published, which develops a forensic OSINT tool that searches for user accounts in public data (open-source intelligence). The program analyzes various websites, forums, and social networks for the presence of the desired username, i.e., it allows you to determine on which sites a user with the specified nickname exists. The project is based on research work in the field of scraping […]
After a year of development and three preliminary releases, the first stable release of the new branch of the MariaDB DBMS 10.6 has been published. This branch diverges from MySQL, maintaining backward compatibility while integrating additional storage engines and enhanced capabilities. Support for the new branch will continue for 5 years, until July 2026. The development of MariaDB is overseen by the independent organization MariaDB Foundation in accordance with […]
Valve has released VKD3D-Proton 2.4, a branch from the vkd3d codebase created to enhance Direct3D 12 support within the Proton game launch package. VKD3D-Proton supports Proton-specific changes, optimizations, and enhancements for better performance of Windows games based on Direct3D 12 that have not yet been integrated into the main vkd3d lineup. Notable differences also include […]